ooli@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agotil: Benford's law: real life number are not evenly disribued, 1 occur 30% of the timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down119
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minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt applies to situations with more than one order of magnitude being counted, such as d20 rolls, 55% of which will start with a 1.
minus-squarehalvo317@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThe “1” of the “1000” is the real life number. He didn’t pick “785” or “462”.
It applies to situations with more than one order of magnitude being counted, such as d20 rolls, 55% of which will start with a 1.
The “1” of the “1000” is the real life number. He didn’t pick “785” or “462”.